Facebook has come under fire for its Ad Library application programming interface. The API lets users perform customized keyword searches of all active and inactive ads related to politics or issues of national importance stored in the Ad Library. Released in beta last summer, the archive became available to everyone in March, following pressure from Mozilla and others ahead of this month’s European parliamentary elections. However, Mozilla has blasted Facebook for making the API less open and less useful than it could have been.
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Facebook’s Ad Library API Draws Fire
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 1, 2019 10:21 AMFacebook has come under fire for its Ad Library application programming interface. The API lets users perform customized keyword searches of all active and inactive ads related to politics or issues of national importance stored in the Ad Library. Released in beta last summer, the archive became available to everyone in March, following pressure from Mozilla and others ahead of this month’s European parliamentary elections. However, Mozilla has blasted Facebook for making the API less open and less useful than it could have been.